Liza Lambert

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.
Brandon Mull, Fablehaven
How right and applicable is the above mentioned quote? There are some mistakes which only you should make yourselves because you will own the learning too. But some mistakes, you should learn from others and not make them as they are not worth losing what you could have got, if you never made them.
Resume is one such thing in which you MUST learn from the mistakes made by others because you might never get a chance to bring back what you lost. You might think that a prospective employer might just think as simple as "Oh! That's a mistake" but in reality, the impression such mistakes leave are irreversible and fatal for your career.
Although mistakes may be many and various depending upon individual profile but listed below are some of the most common mistakes along with the implication/s they leave on the readers' minds:
1. Typing Mistakes and Grammatical errors
Employer thinks: He does not know how to read or write. Poor Communication Skills, hence, NOT SUITABLE.
Advice: Always Proofread.
2. Incomplete information
Classic example:
Education: MBA - from XYZ institute - 2001-2002
Employer thinks:
Whether the info is wrong or the course is still being pursued?
What's the specialization?
Any achievements or top grades, distinctions, awards, CGPA?
Advice: Always give all the relevant details. Make a checklist.
MBA - 1 year executive program - from XYZ institute - 2001-2002 - Specialization - Marketing
Dissertation topic: How to make a resume?
Worked as an Intern for 2 months with ABC Company as Marketing Trainee
Submitted report on - How to make a resume
CGPA: 7.2
Same goes with work experience.
3. Omitting or giving incorrect information
Employer thinks: Nothing. He simply won't be able to contact you.
Advice: Carefully make a checklist before starting to make a resume. Also proofread.
4. Making a General Cover Letter
Employer thinks: You feel nothing special for this job or company.
It may also happen than while applying, you address it to Mr. XYZ while you send it to Mr. ABC
Advice: Always make specific cover letter which shows special interest in a job and the company.
5. Making 'Duties driven' CV instead of 'Accomplishment driven'
Classic Example:
Job responsibilities: Cost cutting initiatives in procurement
Searched for better vendors
Responsible for Data management
Employer thinks: Has he made any significant contribution/s?
Advice: Employer understands what you could have done in a role. He wants to know what you achieved.
Job responsibilities: Reduced the cost of procurement by 15% in the financial year ending 2012.
Created a strong portfolio of vendors with best quality and rates with excellent capacity to supply in large quantities at short notices.
Reorganized procurement data in a form which is more accessible and easily comprehensible by management and the team.
6. Listing of Experience/ Education in Chronological order
Classic Example:
Work Experience: XYZ company - 2008-2009 - as Marketing executive
ABC Company - 2009 - 2011 - as Assistant Manager marketing
Current Company - 2011 - till date - as Manager marketing
Employer thinks: "Oh my God, I will have to read all before reaching what I really wish to read."
Or he may simply not read below because of lack of time and may completely over look it. He will think you are currently unemployed.
Advice: Always mention education/ experience etc. in "REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER". Saves time and pain for the employer. He may read the rest, if time permits.
7. Long Paragraphs
Classic Example:
Computer Skills: I have excellent command over MS word, especially, excel and I have also worked in a SAP environment. I also, have experience with Coral Draw and I am proficient in creating advanced designs.
Employer: Usually overlooks such information because of lack of time. Also, the expertise and proficiency never stands out.
Advice: Use 'Bullet Points'
Computer Skills: Proficient in MS word
Experience of working in SAP environment
Expert in advanced creative designing using Coral Draw.
8. A bad 'Objective/ Title' and No 'Summary'
Classic Example:
A hard working and enthusiastic professional looking for middle management positions
Employer thinks: You have as many as 6-10 seconds to give employer what he wants. If he is running short of time, he may move on to resumes more targeted and specific in nature.
Advice: Use strong Title/ Objective and also add Summary.
"Senior Manager - Supply chain, working with XYZ company with 10 years strong multi-faceted experience in Supply Chain Management with most reputed companies, qualified from ABC institute of Supply chain management."
Also Add Synopsis/ Summary as it gives a quick overview of your entire profile and creates a preference.
9. Making a long resume
Classic Example: Any resume running for more than 2 pages.
Employers think: "Who's going to read all this?"
Advice: Keep it focused. Put only relevant information. Remember, an HR manager has to go through 100s of resumes in a day.
Ideally just 1 Page resume or maximum 2 pages.
10. References on resume
Classic Example:
Either references are mentioned or it simply says "References: Available upon request."
Employer thinks: Supplying references is a must. Why mention it and waste space?
Advice: No need to mention the word 'References' on the CV. Furnish details only when requested. Utilize space for better reasons like mentioning your strengths or special skills acquired relevant to the job.
So, now when you are making a resume, keep all these common mistakes in mind and DO NOT MAKE THEM.
Good Luck!!

That bundle of joy in your arms means the world to you. Nine months of anxiety and desperation are over and now you have a beautiful baby in your arms. Sweety, sweetheart, bablu, pinku, dinku, rinku.....your cuddly names will never end. But you have to get into that difficult situation of naming your baby.

While for some parents it is a delight and they get involved in it. For some it is task because they cannot just set their mind on any particular name. It is mostly difficult for Indian parents as there are a few parameters they have to follow to name the baby.

Firstly it is the month the baby is born in, then the mobility of the planets that affect the month. Then the letters from which the baby is to be named is procured and only the name from either of the letters said should be used. Hence it can be quite cumbersome for the Indian parent to name their baby.

There are names according to the religion of a person in India too. So be it Hindu, Muslim, Catholic, Sikh, Parsi, Bengali and Gujurathi you can find a name you want by browsing on the net or a wide variety of books on baby names are easily available in the market.

Some all time Indian favourite names for girls are Achla, Aisha, Alia, Amani, Ami, Amilika, Maha, Mahi, Mahika, Mahima, Mala, Mahika, Malini. Some all time favourite boy names are: Aadit, Aamir, Abhik, Aditya, Adil, Akul, Ali, Alok, Mehul, Mukul, Mukesh, Muneer.

After finding out a name, most parents also have to discuss the same with their parents and relatives and hundreds of yeses and no's come out and the deliberations seem quite daunting until a name is decided. But parents these days are quite modern and stick to the names they have decided and take a stand on it even if an aunt or an old uncle decides to overrule.

Another important aspect of naming a baby is keeping in mind the new age that awaits the baby. You cannot expect to reckon your grandfather or fathers name and similarly grandmother or mothers name for your baby who will be growing up in a world not suited for those old long names. However much you loved a particular aunt or uncle and however much you are pressurised, think about the fact that your baby has to live with that name forever among friends and peers who will have young names. This is just advice, ultimately as a parent you have the final decision to make.

Check out for a detailed list of names for your baby on baby names, Indian baby, Indian children and also get a chance to know India on these links.


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You may have heard of cancer but have no idea as to what are the different types of brain cancer. A tumor is very serious and dangerous to life. This type of cancer is essentially intracranial or inside the cranium. It is a solid neoplasm which is an abnormal growth of cells that is within the central spinal cord or within the brain.

Types of tumors are abnormal and sporadic cell division within the brain itself. They also affect the pituitary gland, the skull, the lymphatic tissue, the cranial nerves or the pineal gland. Brain cancer are commonly spread from cancerous cells in the body of a person suffering from cancer which are called as metastatic tumors.

Different types of brain cancer

There are two essential brain cancer types that can be treated; these are benign and malignant types. Some types of cancer begin in the brain and are called as primary tumors and those that are metastatic tumors are a result of some cancerous or disease causing cells spread from other parts of the body to the brain. brain cancer types vary even in the symptoms, some tumors are detected with visible symptoms while other show up only in an imaging scan or an autopsy.

Glioma brain cancer: The glial cells are the place from where this tumor originates in the brain or spine.

Meningioma brain cancer: Arising from meninges or the membranes encompassing the central nervous system, this brain cancer comes out in diverse forms. It is one of the most common primary tumors affecting individuals.

Pituitary adenoma brain cancer: Arising from the pituitary gland which is one of the significant parts of the cranium of the brain, this type of cancer can range from the smallest to as large at 10 mm in size. They are often detected only through brain scans or autopsies.

Nerve sheath brain cancer: Originating in the nervous system, this tumor is one of those types of cancer that are primarily made up of myelin around the nerves of the nervous system.

How can one treat brain tumor?

A neurosurgeon is often a person who can treat all brain tumor types. The most common treatment for tumors is to completely remove it in case it does not affect any immediate or serious part of the brain through surgery. Other treatments include radiation therapy where the brain tumor is treated with radiation waves. This will ensure that the brain tumor reduces in size or the cells within the tumor die in order to prevent the spread of the tumor. Gamma knife treatment is also a very effective way of treating all brain tumor types as the gamma knife machine cuts the brain tumor cells by isolating gamma waves on the brain tumor.

Chemotherapy is also a commonly used treatment for treating all brain tumor types.

Successfully recoveries from all brain tumor types are present all over the world, as neurosurgeons have managed to treat them in order to give people a second life with the most advanced technologies at hand.


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The short answer is not necessarily. Two reasons why:


1. People slather it on and then bake in the sun twice as long they should.

2. Some sunscreens are not broad-spectrum. In other words they protect against UVB rays but not UVA rays, which may also cause skin cancer - including malignant melanoma, which can be deadly.

Last year the FDA issued new sunscreen guidelines for manufacturers.

In order to claim that a sunscreen protects against skin cancer, it must be at least SPF-15 and must protect against UVB and UVA. If the claim can't be made, a warning must be added to the label: "This product has not been shown to prevent skin cancer or premature skin aging."

No sunscreen is really waterproof so only the term water-resistant can be used and only if studies prove that the product retains its value after being exposed to water.

The term sun block can no longer be used, because no sunscreen can completely block the sun.
Even if you choose the right kind of sunscreen, you also have to use common sense. Here are some recommendations from the American Board of Family Medicine:

How to use sunscreen

Don't put on sunscreen and then stay in the sun so long you get a sunburn.
If your skin starts to get red or feel uncomfortable, don't just reapply sunscreen, cover up or get in the shade.
Wear protective clothing, a hat, and sunglasses along with sunscreen.
The goal isn't to avoid getting any sun exposure at all - in fact sunlight is an important source of Vitamin D. The recommendation is that we get from five to 30 minutes of sun exposure between 10 am and 3 pm at least twice a week to our face, arms, or back. What you want to avoid is sunburn because sunburns increase your risk of developing malignant melanoma.

Did you know malignant melanoma is now the most common cancer among people 25 to 29 years old? The Mayo Clinic just published research that showed the incidence of malignant melanoma has increased more than six fold in the past 40 years. Multiple studies have shown a strong connection between sunburns during childhood and adolescence and malignant melanoma.

Dr. Frederick Aronson, a cancer specialist at Maine Center for Cancer Medicine in Scarborough, Maine says, "Most of the ultraviolet radiation that causes melanoma is delivered to the individual at risk before age 20. There are migration studies that show if you grow up in a high sun region and move to a lower sun region in your 20s, your melanoma risk is as if you lived in the high sun region all your life and vice versa. If you live in a low sun region and move to a high sun region in your 20s your melanoma risk remains relatively low."

The National Cancer Institute lists a number of melanoma risk factors we should be aware of:

Malignant melanoma risk factors related to sunlight

Fair-skinned with blue or green eyes, or red or blond hair
Live in a sunny climate or at a high altitude
High exposure to strong sunlight
Have had one or more blistering sunburns during childhood
Use tanning beds
Non-sunlight related risk factors

Close relatives with a history of melanoma
Come in contact with cancer-causing chemicals such as arsenic, coal tar, and creosote
Certain types of moles (atypical dysplastic) or multiple birthmarks
Weakened immune system due to disease or medication
Mike Cushman was diagnosed with advanced malignant melanoma in 2010. He has a story to share about the importance of catching it early. "I had a suspicious mole on the back of my head under my hair," he recently described to me. "My daughter spotted it and suggested my doctor check it out. The biopsy came back benign. Late July I felt a lump in that same area. In early August it was removed for biopsy and came back malignant melanoma. I cannot trace the melanoma to my family. I seem to be the only one. As a child growing up in the 50s and 60s I probably had my share of sunburns."

Surgery is the most effective treatment for malignant melanoma. Depending on a variety of factors, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and immunotherapy are also used to treat melanoma. Each comes with some serious side effects. Several promising new treatments are now being studied in clinical trials, including a targeted therapy that has offered a great deal of hope to Mike. The treatment targets a mutated gene found in about half the people diagnosed with metastatic malignant melanoma.

"I am on a GlaxoSmithKline Phase 1 Clinical Trial BRF113220. It is a combination of a Braf and MEK protein inhibitor. It is a targeted therapy. I have a Braf mutation in the cancer cells, which allowed me to be a candidate for a trial. I am doing very well. I have been on this treatment for 15 months. My CT-Scans continue to show stable tumor size and no new tumors. That is always good news."

Dr. Aronson says targeted therapies are hopefully, "the future of cancer treatment in the universe, where we don't rely on the immune system to fight the cancer, but we identify a mutation in the cancer cell that is driving the cancer cell to proliferate and survive and cause trouble in your body. We specifically design in the laboratory a small molecule that can target that particular mutant process and cripple it. Because it's specific to the tumor cell the side effects from the treatment are much less."

The new approach to treating cancer holds a great deal of promise, but the real keys to treating malignant melanoma are preventing it in the first place and learning how to identify it as early as possible. The first signs are often changes in an existing mole, but it can also show up as a new mole.

Signs of melanoma in a mole

Asymmetrical shape - one half doesn't match the other
Borders are irregular - ragged or blurry edges or pigment that spreads into surrounding skin
Color is not even - usually shades of brown, black, and tan, but sometimes whitish gray, red, pink or blue
Diameter - usually bigger than a pea, but can start tiny and get bigger
Evolving appearance - a change that happens in just weeks or months.
Mike says at his age he chooses not to dwell on sunburns he got when he was younger. "I cannot go back and undo the past. What I would have done differently is talk to my doctor about follow up care with a dermatologist. I am very thankful that my daughter brought to my attention the suspicious mole on the back of my head. My two daughters now have a family history of melanoma and they see a dermatologist at regular intervals. Believe me, I ask them if they have been going to their appointments."

If you've been meaning to get screened for any suspicious moles or are worried about one in particular, Mike recommends that you make an appointment right now to have it checked out. And if you're told that it's nothing, but you're not convinced, get a second opinion.



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Do you ever wonder why, in spite of all your good intentions, you just cannot seem to take control over your health and wellness the way you really want to? The answer to that question can be found in the words of Albert Einstein, who reminded us "you cannot correct a problem with the same thinking that created it". In other words, you cannot change old behaviors without new information.

The Institute of Medicine recently published a study that indicates ninety million Americans are "health illiterate", which means we do not know how to interpret or use health information to control or improve our health, or prevent chronic disease. Data compiled previously identified, "lack of information as the number one root cause of death". Understanding that there exists a cause and effect relationship between what we know and how we behave, we need a model of integrating this important information to change the behaviors that lead to chronic disease. According to a 7-year, 1996, Harvard Medical School study, approximately 70% of all cancers are preventable through lifestyle changes. Furthermore, our diseases and conditions are primarily a result of stress, food, environment, attitude, emotions or beliefs that keep us in behaviors that lead to illness. Which invites the question, are we consciously choosing to be unhealthy, or do we just not understand sufficiently the relationship between what we think, how we behave, what we put into our bodies and how we keep ourselves well or make ourselves sick?

In a world exploding with health information, especially on the internet, we are caught in the dilemma of having abundant amounts of information, without a context through which we can understand and utilize this information in a way that is appropriate for our own unique personal health needs. There is, however, good news - making its way into the mainstream of health care is an integrated model of health information and education that provides a "whole picture of health" perspective, allowing each of us to discern and create our own unique approach to taking charge of our health and well-being. Whole Health Education, developed over the past 28 years, in cooperation with Boston physicians, nurses and educators, is an approach to understanding the cause and effect our behaviors and choices have on our state of health. Demystifying the five major factors that influence how sick or well we become, Whole Health Education provides a perspective on human anatomy and physiology, bio-chemistry, psycho-social, environmental and spiritual aspects which allows for an authentic understanding of what we need know to resolve chronic health problems or to stay healthy. Integrating evidence-based information with the wisdom of various spiritual teachings and a whole-person overview of behavioral options, Whole Health Education offers each of us a tool for personal health management by providing personalized health information that explains the physical, emotional, nutritional, environmental and spiritual aspects of a health concern.

For example, Mature Onset Diabetes affects approximately 18.2 million Americans and is the leading health concern in our culture today. As all chronic conditions are, Mature Onset Diabetes is a multi-dimensional disease state and the unique Whole Health perspective, can facilitate the restoration of health for those with chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Physical/Structural

What happens on a physical and structural level with Mature Onset Diabetes? The specialized beta cells of the pancreas, which produce insulin, become incapable of producing adequate amounts of the critically necessary secretion. This happens over a period of years and can begin in our bodies, over time, by eating large amounts of insulin-provoking foods. These insulin provocateurs, which are sugars and starches in the form of complex carbohydrates, require the pancreas to produce more insulin so that the sugars can be carried over the cell membranes to all parts of the body. Serious disturbances occur when we do not have enough insulin to carry the sugar over the cell membranes. Insulin hooks onto the sugar molecule and acts like a lock and key mechanism to bring that sugar into the cell which is then used in the energy cycle of cell metabolism. The nervous system, brain and the lungs cannot function without the proper metabolism of sugars.

Emotional/Social

Just as diabetes is a lack of nourishment on a chemical/nutritional level, so is it a lack of emotional nourishment on an emotional/mental level. It relates to the "feel good" nourishment component of your body. What do we know about carbohydrates and serotonin? Carbohydrates provoke the production of serotonin. Serotonin is a neuro-transmitter that produces a feeling of well-being. There is a direct relationship between what our body is doing chemically and how we feel emotionally. When we crave or build our diet around carbohydrates, this can be a way of "self-medicating" our emotional needs by eating carbohydrates to provoke insulin production.

Sugar problems can affect us emotionally. Let's say you have a pancreas that is not working properly. What can happen somatic/psychically from the pancreas to the brain? If we are feeling the ups and downs of hypoglycemia, and its biochemical/neurological symptoms, it may undermine our sense of security, self esteem, and produce anxiety and fear.

What is the emotional component of diabetes and the pancreas? Often, it can be a poor sense of self-esteem and a fear of not being "good enough" or not belonging. These feelings, medicated by the serotonin foods, can lead us to not look deeply enough into what is causing our health concerns and allow the feeling/feeding cycle to continue.

Chemical/Nutritional

On the nutritional side, the treatment for people with Mature Onset Diabetes is to decrease the stress on the pancreas by making changes in their diet -- decrease starches and sugars and decrease calories. Eat less, eat right. What kind of a diet would be best for preventing Mature Onset Diabetes? Vegetables, vegetables, and vegetables combined with lean proteins such as fish, chicken, water, a little fruit and a little fat. In a hypoglycemic situation, it is wise not to eat grain or sugar, but sprouted grain bread, and other substitutes can be healthy and satisfying.

Because hormones are chemicals, diabetes and hypoglycemia are both hormonal-based problems. What we know about the hormone system is that it works as a balanced interdependent system. Diabetes is an endocrine-related, systemic problem. With a systemic problem like diabetes, you have a body system problem--you do not just have a condition by itself. It is known that the pancreas is related, through hormone interaction, to the adrenals, and the adrenals are in turn related to the reproductive system. It is known that these glands are related through hormone interactions to the pituitary and the pituitary is related to the thyroid gland, the thyroid is related to the thymus, and the thymus is related to the immune system.

Environmental/Internal & External

The environment that we work in, live in, walk through, live near -- how does that environment have an impact on the way that we feel and the way we feel about ourselves?

How do we learn to trust in the order of the universe? By behaviors that come from trusting the order inside ourselves. We do this by setting boundaries -- codes of conduct of how we are going to behave, eat, work exercise and live. If we don't violate our own boundaries, we are less likely to let anybody else violate our boundaries. We have to start with ourselves. Our experience of victimization can begin with our own self-victimizing behavior.

Spiritual/World View

A Hindu Vendata truth is that "the whole world is one family". It is said that there is only one disease, the disease of separateness, separating oneself from the awareness that we are one living organism. Competition creates isolation. The spiritual challenge presented by hypoglycemia and diabetes appears to be involved with over- or under-valuing the self: judgment of self and then others. Where are we in the process of getting to the truth that we are all equally important? The drama created by a one-up or one-down dynamic that we may allow to be part of our experience can lead to psychophysiology and the behavioral issues which can contribute to and create Mature Onset Diabetes.

Whole Health Education can transform our experience of taking care of ourselves. It can provide an understanding of our health concerns and conditions from this multi-dimensional perspective that makes sense in a way we can utilize the information directly and in a meaningful way. In addition, having the information provided in a mindful, respectful way that invites each of us to discern what we know about our health and condition, how to choose to resolve the problem and what kind of care we choose to have, allows each of us to experience whole-person health care through whole health information. Then, WE become the center of our health and healing process, rather than the doctors or practitioners we go to for guidance.



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